Brandon Sheppard (left) scored the victory in Saturday night’s World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series feature to wrap up the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park, while Chris Madden (right) wrapped up the DIRTcar Nationals title. Photos: WoO LMS Media/Twitter
Brandon Sheppard sailed to his first victory with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series in 2018 on the final night of the 47th annual DIRTcar Nationals at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park.
But it wasn’t a straight shot to Victory Lane. Claiming the lead on lap 14, Sheppard had to fend off charges from Mike Marlar, Chris Madden and Rick Eckert.
“It definitely feels good to get a win here at Volusia,” said Sheppard. “I usually struggle here, I don’t know why, it’s just a tricky place for me but we keep getting better every time we come back. I gotta thank my team for never giving up on me.”
Similar to one night prior, Madden only got better as the feature event continued. He waited until the end to make a serious charge for the lead but was unable to complete the pass. Although Madden didn’t win Saturday night’s feature, he did wrangle the DIRTcar Nationals Big Gator Championship (collecting three second place finishes, one fourth place, and one 25th place run due to a wreck that took him out of the race).
“I think it’s awesome to do this with our new team that we just put together here over the winter here and we come down here with just ideas that we thought would work and we got here and we really wasn’t that good,” said Madden. “We had speed we just wasn’t comfortable. We worked on this thing every day and man, I’m telling you, Barry (Wright) has a really good racecar. We are really, really, excited to be in it and looking forward to the year. We are just beginning to learn this thing but we really found a great balance here in the last few nights.”
Marlar finished in third, followed by Eckert in fourth and Josh Richards in fifth.
In other action, Tim McCredie charged to the lead from a 27th place starting spot to score not only the Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified feature, but also the DIRTcar Nationals Championship.
Stewart Friesen finished in second, with Mike Mahaney in third, Billy Pauch in fourth and Ryan Godown in fifth.
DIRTcar Nationals
Volusia Speedway Park – Barberville, FL
Race Results – Feb. 17, 2018
World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series
1. 1-Brandon Sheppard
2. 44-Chris Madden
3. 157-Mike Marlar
4. 7-Rick Eckert
5. 1r-Josh Richards
6. 1x-Chub Frank
7. 71-Hudson O’Neal
8. 17M-Dale McDowell
9. 9-Devin Moran
10. 39-Tim McCreadie
11. 25-Shane Clanton
12. 28-Dennis Erb
13. 0-Scott Bloomquist
14. 18c-Chase Junghans
15. 99B-Boom Briggs
16. 54-David Breazeale
17. 14m-Morgan Bagley
18. 2c-Joey Coulter
19. 31-Tyler Millwood
20. 22-Chris Ferguson
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22. 20-Jimmy Owens
23. 40B-Kyle Bronson
24. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk
25. 72-Mike Norris
26. 116-Brandon Overton
27. 5-Don O’Neal
28. 49-Jonathan Davenport
29. C8-Timothy Culp
Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds
1. 39-Tim McCreadie
2. 44-Stewart Friesen
3. 88-Mike Mahaney
4. 1-Billy Pauch
5. 5-Ryan Godown
6. 9s-Matt Sheppard
7. 19-Tim Fuller
8. 21-Yan Bussiere
9. 91-Billy Decker
10. 9-Ryan Watt
11. 6h-Max McLaughlin
12. 32-Jim Rasey
13. 42p-Pat Ward
14. 25R-Erick Rudolph
15. 27J-Danny Johnson
16. 4-Billy VanInwegen
17. 20-Brett Hearn
18. 85-H.J. Bunting
19. 30M-Joseph Watson
20. 109-Billy Whittaker
21. 74-J.R. Heffner
22. 19k-Brett Kressley
23. 3-Justin Haers
24. 5s-Tyler Siri
25. 96-J-F Corriveau
26. 98h-Jimmy Phelps
27. 43-Jimmy Horton
28. 99L-Larry Wight
29. 118-Jim Britt
30. cb3-Chad Brachmann
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